Definition for Negligence:

• Quality of being negligent: habitual neglect: carelessness: omission of duty.

Synonyms for Negligence:

• n.

  •
  • neglectful,
  • preoccupied,
  • abstracted,
  • distant,
  • inattentive,
  • spaced-out,
  • absent,
  • vacantly,
  • in a world of your own,
  • in a dream.
  •
  • careful.
  •act (noun)
  • neglect,
  • nonperformance,
  • negligence.
  •carelessness (noun)
  • inattentiveness,
  • disregard,
  • unpreparedness,
  • thoughtlessness,
  • heedlessness,
  • oversight,
  • laxity.
  •dereliction (noun)
  • Non-performance.
  •disregard (noun)
  • insouciances,
  • over looking,
  • dis regard,
  • dis-regards,
  • dis interests,
  • in-advertence,
  • over sights,
  • in-advertences,
  • dis regards,
  • over-sight,
  • in advertences,
  • dis interest,
  • dis-esteem,
  • un-mindfulness,
  • the cold shoulders,
  • un mindfulness,
  • dis favors,
  • dis-favors,
  • dis esteem,
  • dis esteems,
  • dis favor,
  • un-mindfulnesses,
  • forgettings,
  • dis respect,
  • neglectings,
  • un concerns,
  • dis-favor,
  • brush-offs,
  • un-concerns,
  • brushoffs,
  • dis-interest,
  • slightings,
  • dis-regard,
  • over-looking,
  • dis-esteems,
  • dis-respects,
  • over sight,
  • brush offs,
  • un mindfulnesses,
  • un-concern,
  • un concern,
  • dis-interests,
  • dis-respect,
  • dis respects,
  • in advertence,
  • unmindfulnesses,
  • over-sights,
  • overlookings.
  •fault (noun)
  • mis conduct,
  • mis cues,
  • mis demeanors,
  • in accuracies,
  • mis deeds,
  • loss innocence,
  • mis demeanor,
  • mis conducts,
  • in-discretion,
  • in-accuracy,
  • in-discretions,
  • mis-conduct,
  • in accuracy,
  • mis-demeanors,
  • mis cue,
  • slip ups,
  • in discretions,
  • evil doings,
  • mis-deeds,
  • mis-cue,
  • mis-cues,
  • mis-demeanor,
  • mis-conducts,
  • answerabilities,
  • in-accuracies,
  • mis-deed,
  • in discretion,
  • mis deed.
  •forgetfulness (noun)
  • fugues,
  • hypomnesia,
  • dreaminess,
  • fugue,
  • paramnesia,
  • blockout,
  • absentmindedness,
  • lapse of memory,
  • short memory,
  • loss of memory.
  •recklessness (noun)
  • imprudence,
  • recklessness,
  • rashness,
  • brashness,
  • foolhardiness.
  •slovenliness (noun)
  • dirtiness,
  • shabbiness,
  • messiness.
  •thoughtlessness (noun)
  • inconsideration,
  • inconsiderateness.
  •unjustness (noun)
  • un justnesses,
  • un-justnesses,
  • un justness,
  • un-justness.
  •unthoughtfulness (noun)
  • unthoughtfulness.
  •violation (noun)
  • non observances,
  • nonobservances,
  • violatings,
  • trespassings,
  • non observance,
  • transgressings,
  • non-observances.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • crime,
  • laxness,
  • failure.

Paraphrases for Negligence:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    negligent.
  • Proper noun, singular
    neglect.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    carelessness, neglect, negligent.
  • Adverb
    neglect.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    dereliction.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    ignorance, mismanagement, oversight, abandonment, complacency, non-compliance, guilt, defiance, inaction, default, lapse, impeachment, wrongdoing, desertion.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    malpractice, recklessness, indifference, nonchalance, omission, disregard, failure, imprudence, laxity, slackness, malfeasance.

Antonyms for Negligence:

• n.

  • carelessness
    attention, accomplishment, success, respect, achievement, regard, care.
  • Other antonyms:
    fulfillment, awareness, compliance, responsibleness, alertness, attentiveness, discharge, watchfulness, heedfulness, responsibility, vigilance, observance, cautiousness.

Negligence Sentence Examples:

• This letter, Spalatinus, with pretended negligence, was to lose, that it might come into the hands of his enemies; but in such diplomacy Luther was by no means consistent, for no sooner was his lion nature roused by any intelligence, than he made a hasty decision to burst forth to Erfurt or Wittenberg.

• He told me that the Greek attitude toward the Moslems was highly provocative and overbearing and that the Allies were guilty of criminal negligence when they permitted the Greeks to land at Smyrna alone.

Homophones for Negligence:

• nasal concha, noiselessness, nasal sinus.

Hypernym for Negligence:

• n.

  • act
    culpable negligence, dereliction, concurrent negligence, contributory negligence, criminal negligence, dodging, comparative negligence, escape, neglect of duty, evasion.

Hyponym for Negligence:

• n.

  • act
    nonachievement, nonaccomplishment.